Cotton feeder



May 25, 1926.

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Application filed August 18, 1923. [serial-n esaise.

This invention aims toprovide a simple but effectivelmeans whereby rotation may vbe imparted to the feeding shaft ofacotton I I r T Y engaged about the sprocket wheel '16 and feeder. J I I I It 1s within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the which the I I I I '{wheel'19,}the gear wheel 22 meshinginto a,

utility of devicesof that type to lVit-h the. above-and 16 which will-"appear as the description' pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combinationrand arrangement of partsfand in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that,within the scopeof whatis claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made withoutdeparting from I I t I mounted in the bracket 9, asleeve-26being (mounted torookfonf the shaft 2,:the sleeve 75 carrying a projection 27 extended beneath the outer. endsof the radius arms 15, The sleeve 26 has an outwardlyprojecting arm the spirit of the, invention. V

In the accompanying drawings: I c Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a de-' vice constructed in accordance with the in vention; Figure 2 is an elevation" wherein" the struct-ure'is viewed at right anglesto the showing of Figure Figure 3 is a'ifrag mental elevation showing-the cooperation be tween the paw'ls and the ratchet wheel;

- Figure ,4 is fragmental diagrammatic ele-f I I I I I 7 operating member having notches 83 adapted vation showing the cooperation between the radius arms and the cam Wheels.

Thenumeral 1 mar s the frame of a -cotton feeder, whereinv is jonrnaled at 2 the shaft 3 whichoperates the feeding mecha-,

V nism, a ratchet wheel 4 being secured to the shaft arms having upwardly extended curved proections 6 Whereunto pawls Tare pivotedat 8, the pawlsbeing adapted to cooperate with i & the ratchet wheel 4. The PIOJBCtlOIlSI 6. are

located intermediate the ends of the radius arms 5. The radius arms5 are prov ded,

intermediate their ends, with depending finger'slS. 7 A bearingbracket 9 is carried ly shown in Figure 1. Eachtooth 12 in- I cludes a radial straight edge 14' and a convened edge 15. The depending fingers18 on the radius arms 5 are adapted to cooperate with the respective cam wheels 11,] in a way which will be pointed'out heroin rafter. Any suitablemeans may be provided for rotating the clam wheels 10. Thus, if

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Radius arms 5' are located on op- 3Z5 posite sides of the ratchet wheel an'dare mounted to swing on the shaft 8, the radius,

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preferred,"the sprocket wheel 1 6 mounted to move. with the cam wheels. 11 on; the shaft 10', a sprocket, chain 17. being 1 about a sprocket wheel'19 on a shaft 20isupported at v21 on the frame 1, a gear wheel 22 beinginounted to move with the sprocket pinionf23 onadrivelshaftQd journ'aled in 05 the frame j i A means. is provided 'for limiting the: throw of the radius arms 5and; fornioving the fingers18- of the radius arms pompletely out of engagementwithgthe teeth 12 of them cam wheels '11,'to stop the operationof the, machine. This means may be of any desired sort. If preferred,jv a shaft 25 mayfjbe 28 pivoted cat 29 to an operatmgmember 30- in theform of a rod,iequipped at its cute-rend with a. handle; 31, the' operating member being .mounted "for movement 1nv a keeper 32 carried by the frame .1, the

to engage (the "keeper. Theslee've 26, the 8! projection 27 and the arm 28 maybe alluded camsll and as many radius arms as is so I cons dered expedient. Although the radius arms5 are shown in thedrawings as being 7 adapted to. swing downward by gravity, to cooperate with the cam wheels 11 any suitable means may be provided forbringing 05 i the i radius armsinto engagement with the .camfwheels, in the event that the radius arms do not happen to be located shown I'In practical' operation,the pinion 23 is rotated by theshaft 2 1 and imparts rotation to theshaft 2O by way of the gear wheel 22. The sprocket wheel 19 on the shaft 20 transmits motion to the sprocket wheel 16 through the chain 17, the cam wheels l l being rotated. 'The convexed edges 15'of theteeth12'of the cam wheels 11, cooperating'with thefingers 18 on the radius, arms 5; cause the radius arms toswing upwardly" and downwardly, oneradius arm moving upwardly Whilst the other radius arm is moving downwardly. In this Way, through the instrumental'ity of the pawls 7, continuous rotation will be imparted to the shaft 3 by way of the ratchetwhen Figure 1 of the drawings is noted.

The operating member 30 may be moved endwise, any of the notches 33 being engaged with the keeper 32. hen the operating member ismoved endwise, rocation is imparted to the sleeve 26 through the instril-mentality of the arm 28 and the projection 27 on the sleeve 26 will be raised and lowered at its inner end, thus limiting the vertical travel of the outer ends of the radius arms 5. hen the throw of the arms 5 is adjusted as aforesaid, the throw of the pawls 7 will be adjusted accordingly, with a corresponding alteration in the speed of rotation of the ratchet wheel at and the shaft If the projection 27 'is swung to a sufficient extent, the depending fingers 18 on the radius arms 5 will be lifted entirely out of the travel of the teeth 12 of the cam wheels 11 and, thus, the swinging movement of the radius arms 5 and, consequently the rotation of the ratchet wheel l and the shaft 3 will be stopped.

What is claimed is: In a device of the class described, a

shaft, a ratchet wheel on the shaft, a radius 'means embodying a lever fulcrumed intermediate its ends and engaged at one end with the radius arm, an operating member pivoted to the other end of the lever, and mechanism for holding the operating member in adjusted positions.

nature.

RALPH E. lVILSON. 

